Cleaning hoses

[CHOMPERS]

Dr. Joe said this in another thread

Ok...CHOMPERS...dannyboy, you need to take this to a private room...NO ONE WANTS TO SEE EITHER OF YOUR CUCUMBERS, let alone the two of you comparing them!
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Name withheld because I'm ashamed.

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And I don't think anyone really wants to know how I clean my hose...let alone watch.

 

[Dr Joe]

Dr. Joe said this in another thread


And I don't think anyone really wants to know how I clean my hose...let alone watch.

Name withheld so HE can'y find me.

 

[Dr Joe]

I do it like they run electrical wire. I made a pom=pom that jsut fit in the tube, attached a kite string to it, put it in the tube and applied water pressure behind it. A little tricky, but it worked. Then pulled the cable thru.

As far as bleach it concerned, a little gows along way. Bleach by itself won't kill all the algae without scrubbing the layers off as the bleach kills it.

Good luck.

Dr Joe

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[HarleyK]

Harley, I think he is talking about a Python for water changes

I think you're right. My bad

But why not just run a bucket of clean water thru it?
And why bleach/disinfect? What's in the water that was changed is in the water left in the tank

HarleyK

 

[Dr Joe]

I think you're right. My bad

But why not just run a bucket of clean water thru it?
And why bleach/disinfect? What's in the water that was changed is in the water left in the tank

HarleyK

Alot of agae can build up in the tubing between W/Cs, then breaks off and goes into tank on refills.

Dr Joe

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[HarleyK]

Alot of agae can build up in the tubing between W/Cs, then breaks off and goes into tank on refills.

I have no clue how you guys change water, but I use one and the same hose to drain and to fill. I generally fill after draining which means the hose is washed out with about 300 gal of clean water ... Not only that, but I do not store my hose in the sun. Matter of fact, it hangs in the laundry room. And it is not a clear transparent hose but a green garden hose. No light means no algae growth ... just something to consider. It's an easy alternative to bleaching or scrubbing every time ...



HarleyK

 

[benzjamin13]

I don't clean my python...like Harley K said, I just don't keep it in the sun. I bundle it together and put in the cabinet. But, my python is pretty new. I had to get a few replacement parts for it, but that's it.

 

[Dr Joe]

I have no clue how you guys change water, but I use one and the same hose to drain and to fill. I generally fill after draining which means the hose is washed out with about 300 gal of clean water ... Not only that, but I do not store my hose in the sun. Matter of fact, it hangs in the laundry room. And it is not a clear transparent hose but a green garden hose. No light means no algae growth ... just something to consider. It's an easy alternative to bleaching or scrubbing every time ...



HarleyK

How do you now?, if it's an opaque hose?...

Just not positive phototropic algae...

And garden hoses are not for potable water, they off-gas with poisonous results, Especially if put up wet and in a warm area.

If this is what you are using, you should stop or I predict your fish won't live another century...

Prove me wrong Grasshopper...

So do as I say...Not as I do...(hint hint)

Dr Joe

P.S. I've used efferdent to clean hoses I couldn't get a brush thru (and the little bridge and diver in my tank too).
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